Former AFL footballer Liam Jurrah appeared frail and exhausted in the Alice Springs Magistrate's Court on Friday.

The 25-year-old, who arrived to court early with a female companion, slumped in his seat before Magistrate David Bamber with medical tubes poking out of his bandaged right arm.

His lawyer told the court he would plead guilty to each of the driving charges received last year but at a later date because he is unwell.

Jurrah has spent time in and out of hospital recently for an unknown medical condition.

He faced a number of charges this morning including driving in the Northern Territory while disqualified interstate, driving at speed and in a manner that is dangerous, and failing to obey the directions of a police officer.